<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-24-025254.txt : 20241004
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-24-025254.hdr.sgml : 20241004
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20241004163205
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-24-025254
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240926
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241004
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241004

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pletcher Kurt
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002039256
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40205
		FILM NUMBER:		241355291

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE LAGOON DRIVE
		CITY:			REDWOOD CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94065

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EQUINIX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001101239
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	05 Real Estate & Construction
		IRS NUMBER:				770487526
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE LAGOON DRIVE
		CITY:			REDWOOD CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94065
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(650) 598-6000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE LAGOON DRIVE
		CITY:			REDWOOD CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94065
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        <issuerName>EQUINIX INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O EQUINIX INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>94065</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Legal Officer</officerTitle>
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        <footnote id="F1">131 shares scheduled to vest on March 1, 2025, subject solely to continued service.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Restricted stock unit award expires upon reporting person's termination of service.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">143 shares (12.5% of the total shares awarded) scheduled to vest on March 1, 2025 and an additional 12.5% each 6 months thereafter until fully vested, subject solely to continued service</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">515 shares (33.33% of the total shares awarded) scheduled to vest on December 1, 2024 and an additional 514 to vest on December 1, 2025, subject solely to continued service</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">33.33% of the RSUs vested on January 15, 2024 and an additional 33.33% of the RSUs will each vest on January 15, 2025 and January 15, 2026, subject solely to continued service.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">On February 14, 2023, the reporting person was granted performance restricted stock units, the vesting of which was subject to both continued service and the attainment of certain AFFO, Revenue and EBITDA targets for 2023. The Compensation Committee certified the degree to which the targets were achieved, therefore 50% of the award vested on February 12, 2024, 25% will vest on February 15, 2025 and the remaining 25% will vest on February 15, 2026, subject solely to continued service.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Vesting is dependent upon continuous active service as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company (Service) throughout the vesting period. The Restricted Stock Units shall vest as follows: 33.33% of the RSUs vested on January 15, 2025 and an additional 33.33% of the RSUs will each vest on January 15, 2026 and January 15, 2027.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Samantha Lagocki, POA</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-10-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY: POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Kurt Pletcher  POA</TITLE></HEAD><BODY style="font-family:Bookman Old Style"><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" WIDTH="588"><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><H1 ALIGN="RIGHT" STYLE="font-size:140%">EXHIBIT 24</H1></TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><H1 ALIGN="center" STYLE="font-size:140%">EQUINIX INC</H1><H2 ALIGN="CENTER" STYLE="font-size:120%">Power of Attorney<BR />
							for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5</H2></TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><dd />Know
								all men by these presents, that the undersigned, director or officer, or
								both, of EQUINIX INC, hereby constitutes
								and appoints each of Michael Browning, Samantha Lagocki, Margaret Paige, Darrin B. Short, Keith Taylor,
								signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
						</TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="center">
								(1)
						</TD><TD WIDTH="84%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
								execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
								as an officer and/or director of EQUINIX INC (the "Company"),
								Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
								Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
						</TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="center">
								(2)
						</TD><TD WIDTH="84%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
							do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may
							be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and
							timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
							and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
						</TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="center">
								(3)
						</TD><TD WIDTH="84%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
							take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
							which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
							best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
							that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
							pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
							terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
							discretion.
						</TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><dd />The
								undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
								to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
								or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
								granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
								do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
								ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
								substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
								this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
								acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
								at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
								any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
								Exchange Act of 1934.
						</TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><dd />This
								Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
								is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
								undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of EQUINIX INC
								unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
								delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
						</TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><dd />IN
								WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 25<sup>th</sup>
								day of September, 2024</TD></TR><TR height="10"><td><div /></td></TR></TABLE><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="1" WIDTH="588"><tr><td rowspan="2" width="64%" /><td style="border-bottom: solid black 1px" width="36%">
						/s/ Kurt Pletcher</td></tr><tr><td>Kurt Pletcher</td></tr></table></BODY></HTML>
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